by Paul Cudenec Such is the wit and insight of fellow anarchist author Darren Allen that I can imagine a parallel universe in which he is a household name in our native UK, a national treasure of the "love-him-or-loathe-him" variety. His latest works would be seen in the window displays of big bookshops from Falmouth … Continue reading Authenticity is the antidote to anti-culture
by Paul Cudenec There is something very odd about the way that former British Prime Minister Tony Blair has never quite left the centre of the political stage. He is so widely loathed by the British public - as a hypocritical war criminal who used the Labour Party to advance a cruel neoliberal agenda - … Continue reading Tony Blair and the Rothschilds
by Paul Cudenec The way in which divide-and-rule tactics are continually used to create confusion and control has become increasingly evident since 2020. More people than ever have woken up to the fact that these manufactured horizontal divisions within populations serve primarily to conceal the existence of a split which can be imagined as vertical. … Continue reading A matter of life and death
by Paul Cudenec There are certain things that, even though they very much exist, cannot readily be described in the language available to us. Our attempts to do so therefore risk coming across as contradictory or even nonsensical. As Huston Smith puts it in his book Forgotten Truth: "It is as though, unable to say … Continue reading A yearning with no name
by Paul Cudenec Russian thinker Alexandr Dugin (1962-) is often presented in Western media as being "the most dangerous philosopher in the world", a radical critic of modernity. For that reason alone, I thought it would be useful to get some idea of who he is and what he is talking about. But having started … Continue reading Alexandr Dugin: a globalist pawn
Paul Cudenec's latest piece for the organic radicals website looks at the ideas of Jacques Camatte “Revolution will make itself felt in the destruction of all that is most ‘modern’ and ‘progressive’” Jacques Camatte (1935-) is a political philosopher who rejects both marxism and industrial capitalism and has influenced the green anarchist movement in the … Continue reading Turning our backs on the left-right racket
An interview with Winter Oak's Paul Cudenec appears in the October 2023 edition of La Décroissance, a French real-green real-life newspaper with a wide distribution. Here's the English-language version. LD: You criticise King Charles III. As his subject, shouldn't you rather be rejoicing at having a new sovereign who is presented by the mass media … Continue reading The king and the criminocrats
by Paul Cudenec I have been greatly interested by a book that I was kindly sent by a friend, The Speech of the Birds by Farīdu'd-Dīn 'Attār. [1] This is an English-language presentation, by Peter Avery, of a masterpiece of medieval Persian literature. Mantiqu't-Tair, to use its original title, explains and illustrates the Sufi tradition's … Continue reading Wisdom natural and divine
“It is important to say loudly and clearly that one single worldwide criminal network, the criminocracy, is, behind the scenes, running everything from the WEF to the WHO, the UN to the EU, BlackRock to the World Bank” - Paul Cudenec, Converging Against the Criminocrats by Paul Cudenec I am happy to announce the publication of … Continue reading Converging Against the Criminocrats: a new free book
This wide-ranging interview was conducted with Paul Cudenec of Winter Oak by two anarchist pro-freedom campaigners, MA and WS, from Brighton, England. Illustration by Ken Avidor. WS: Please could you introduce yourself and say how you came to be a writer and create the website Winter Oak? Paul Cudenec: I am a former professional journalist, … Continue reading “Where were all the anarchists during Covid 19?”
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